Research & Reports

This section posts recent research and reports prepared by the National Council of Nonprofits, the state nonprofit associations, other nonprofits, and various governmental entities.

National Council

• Special Reports – 2010
• Special Reports – 2009

Selected Research and Reports

• NONPROFIT SECTOR: Treatment and Reimbursement of Indirect Costs Vary among Grants, and Depend Significantly on Federal, State, and Local Government Practices, GAO, May 2010
• An Overview of the National and Charitable Sector, Congressional Research Service, 11/17/2009

• Johns Hopkins Listening Post Project
  • Escalating Pension Benefit Costs - Another Threat to Nonprofit Survival?
    Communiqué No. 16, 11/5/2009
  • Health Care and Nonprofits: The Hidden Dimension of America’s Health Care Crisis
    Communiqué No. 15, 9/2/2009
  • Impact of the 2007-09 Economic Recession on Nonprofit Organizations
    Communiqué No. 14, 6/29/2009

On volunteers and volunteering: The number of Americans volunteering in their communities jumped by 1.6 million in 2009, the largest increase in six years, according to a new report, Volunteering in America 2010 (20 pages, PDF), from the Corporation for National and Community Service.